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Montage for pro-abortion ballot measure Issue 1 shows people in various contexts, including a man kneeling in prayer in what appears to be a Catholic church. A Divine Mercy image of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall in the background.
A campaign ad for Ohio’s pro-abortion ballot measure Issue 1 wrongly used a Catholic image of Jesus Christ, several Catholic commentators say.
The newly released 30-second video ad from Issue 1 backer Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights shows a montage of people in various contexts, including a man kneeling in prayer in what appears to be a Catholic church. A Divine Mercy image of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall in the background.
“The ad describing Issue 1 dangerously misrepresents the proposed amendment and how the Catholic Church accompanies pregnant women in need,” Michelle Duffey, associate director for communications and outreach at the Ohio Catholic Conference, told CNA Sept. 18.
Issue 1, on the Ohio ballot this November, would amend the state Constitution’s Bill of Rights to add a right to “reproductive freedom.” It would create an individual right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”
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A campaign ad for Ohio’s pro-abortion ballot measure Issue 1 wrongly used a Catholic image of Jesus Christ, several Catholic commentators say.
The newly released 30-second video ad from Issue 1 backer Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights shows a montage of people in various contexts, including a man kneeling in prayer in what appears to be a Catholic church. A Divine Mercy image of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall in the background.
“The ad describing Issue 1 dangerously misrepresents the proposed amendment and how the Catholic Church accompanies pregnant women in need,” Michelle Duffey, associate director for communications and outreach at the Ohio Catholic Conference, told CNA Sept. 18.
Issue 1, on the Ohio ballot this November, would amend the state Constitution’s Bill of Rights to add a right to “reproductive freedom.” It would create an individual right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”
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Catholic Imagery Doesn’t Belong in Pro-Abortion Ohio Campaign Ad, Critics Say
Montage for pro-abortion ballot measure Issue 1 shows people in various contexts, including a man kneeling in prayer in what appears to be a Catholic church. A Divine Mercy image of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall in the background.
